Jack Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was a consummate Hollywood actor.

Born in Boston, Lemmon's father was a successful businessman in the Boston area. Lemmon attended Harvard, where he served as president of the Hasty Pudding Club. He joined the Navy, serving as an ensign, after which took up acting professionally, working on radio, and in theatre, including shows on Broadway.

Lemmon was awarded two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts (1955), Best Actor for Save the Tiger (1973). He was also awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Film Institute in 1988.

Lemmon was a favourite of director Billy Wilder, and did a series of films with Wilder, including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, and Irma La Douce.

In June 2001, he died from cancer at the age of 76, and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. Walter Matthau - his costar from several films - had also been buried at the cemetery. Twice married, he was a devoted father, and one of the best-liked actors in Hollywood.

Filmography

• It Should Happen to You (1954)
• Phffft! (1954)
• Three for the Show (1955)
• Mister Roberts (1955)
• My Sister Eileen (1955)
• Hollywood Bronc Busters (1955) (short subject)
• You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
• Fire Down Below (1957)
• Operation Mad Ball (1957)
• Cowboy (1958)
• Bell Book and Candle (1958)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• It Happened to Jane (1959)
• The Apartment (1960)
• Stowaway in the Sky (1960) (narrator)
• Pepe (1960) (cameo)
• The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
• The Notorious Landlady (1962)
• Days of Wine and Rose (1962)
• Irma la Douce (1963)
• Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
• Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
• How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
• The Great Race (1965)
• The Fortune Cookie (1966)
• Luv (1967)
• There Comes a Day (1968) (short subject)
• The Odd Couple (1968)
• The April Fools (1969)
• The Out-of-Towners (1970)
• Kotch (1971) (also director)
• The War Between Men and Women (1972)
• Avanti! (1972)
• Save the Tiger (1973)
• The Police Can't Move (1974) (narrator)
• The Front Page (1974)
• Wednesday (1975)
• The Gentleman Tramp (1975) (documentary)
• The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
• Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
• Airport '77 (1977)
• The China Syndrome (1979)
• Tribute (1980)
• Buddy Buddy (1981)
• Missing (1982)
• Mass Appeal (1984)
• Macaroni (1985)
• That's Life! (1986)
• Dad (1989)
• JFK (1991)
• (1992) (documentary)
• The Player (1992)
• Glengarry Glenn Ross (1992)
• (1993) (documentary)
• Short Cuts (1993)
• Grumpy Old Men (1993)
• The Grass Harp (1995)
• Grumpier Old Men (1995)
• Getting Away with Murder (1996)
• My Fellow Americans (1996)
• Hamlet (1996)
• Out to Sea (1997)
• (1997) (documentary)
• Puppies for Sale (1998) (short subject)
• The Odd Couple II (1998)
• The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)

See also

• Chris Lemmon, his son

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